King George school board approves FY25–26 budget as presented after debate over health-insurance increase

The King George County School Board voted unanimously to approve the FY25–26 budget as presented after a lengthy discussion focused on a projected health‑insurance renewal increase and the need to address teacher salary compression.

Finance staff told the board an employer-side increase that reflected picking up the full 20% premium rise would add about $1,112,715 to the school board’s cost burden. Ms. Williams, the division’s finance director, provided the figures and walked the board through cost-sharing scenarios: if the board retained its current cost-sharing structure rather than absorbing the full 20%, the employer cost on the presented plans would be approximately $997,965 — roughly $115,550 less than full…